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virus

/ˈvaɪɹəs/

An illustration for virus

noun

a very small, basic living thing that causes disease or sickness

  • “Your computer has a virus and needs to be cleaned.”Tatoeba
  • “They say that language is a virus from outer space.”Tatoeba

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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